This sounds like a first in the annals of NCAA violations. Nebraska has turned itself in for buying athletes too many textbooks.

According to an NCAA release, the newest member of the Big Ten self-reported violations involving student-athletes who received impermissible extra benefits – namely, textbooks.

NCAA rules permit student-athletes to receive "required textbooks" as part of their scholarships. In addition to those, however, athletes from 19 Cornhuskers teams received "recommended course textbooks," which are not required as part of a course syllabus. The release said the books were provided inadvertently by university bookstore staff.

Nebraska's report said that the total value of the extra benefits was nearly $28,000. Student-athletes who received the extra benefits were required to make a donation to a charity of their choice. In addition, Nebraska gave itself two years probation.

"No intentional wrongdoing, no monetary reward and no competitive advantage was gained on the part of any of the student-athletes involved," the release said. "In all cases, the bookstore staff provided the textbooks believing it permissible and the student-athletes who received them also believed it was permissible.